Yippie, Snape art! This one is based on one of the prompts for @superfallingstars Snapetober, (the 27th one I think?) "Master" (well, in this case Masters). I tried a different format and I think it looks fine :P I kinda want to try new ways to render things for future drawings (maybe something more sketchy looking? Idk)
Zoom on their faces under the cut ↓:
Writing a fic ‘late’ in a fandom is OK.
What is ‘late in a fandom’? It’s after the first heady flush of media excitement. Six months after the standalone movie or book comes out, a year or more after the series ends.
We get inspired by late canon: the behind-the-scenes book, the deleted scenes, a revealing creator interview. We get inspired by fanon and meta. We get talking to that one - one! - person who likes our ideas.
Sometimes a fic even needs to be written late in the fandom. After thinking and creative ferment, worldbuilding and character development. ‘Late to the fandom’ is a good time to take risks. To do the dark AU, focus on the minor character from stage left. It’s also a good time to offer up tropetastic fun.
Whatever you do, you will get readers who appreciate that you are writing. Because for every writer considering writing ‘late’ there’s a hundred fandom members wanting some fresh content.
Writing a fic ‘late’ in a fandom is OK.
Writing fic for a show/movie/book that came out 20 years ago is good. You just saw it now? You saw it then but suddenly remember that you love it? Good. Writing fic for something that came out 40 years ago? Good.
Maybe there are still fans around, producing content, who will love to see new blood coming in.
Maybe there are still fans around, dormant, who will suddenly remember why they loved the thing.
Maybe there’s someone who never saw the thing and will now read your fic and go, “well that’s interesting, I’d better go watch that, see what it’s all about”. And maybe they’ll want to write fic too.
father and son 🥰
The Mansfield News, Ohio, November 5, 1914
Arsonist's Lullaby
The rest of it (what was meant to be).
Bed Sheet Ghost by Icydoor
The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, July 4, 1927
ok question tho
ive actually fucking tried to google this but i cant find an answer, all i get are fics
where does the whole “five times _____ and one time ____” fic title thing come from??
is it a reference to something? or is it just a fanfiction thing?
It comes from Basingstoke, a writer from the Due South and Smallville fandoms.
I know she’s on Dreamwidth. I don’t know if she has an AO3 or not.
There might have been one or two REALLY early examples of that story form (like 1980s early), but she invented it as we know it.
ETA: As a matter of fact, here’s the first Five Things story ever: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9519
I just found the Fanlore article, and it looks like while Basingstoke invented the format, Strangecreature, a Torchwood writer, might be one of the first to have used “five times and one time.” But the original prompt was Basingstoke’s. And it’s definitely fanfiction only in origin.
I love it when conversations about this come around again! How cool is it that I know people in fannish history! (and how uncool is it that I never know it was Bas who invented this until recently – where was I, under a rock?)
tee hee. It wasn’t on purpose! I did the first Five Things and then people have been riffing on it for the past decade. It’s neat.
It’s SUPER neat. I love fandom.
Whistling Ghost
Don’t stay in school too late
a little spooky piece i drew for @13daysadvent !!
leftover sales are now open, pls consider getting something if you’re interested!
“Body horror takes the concepts of fear, disgust, pain, and evilness and makes them reside in the body. You can move out of a haunted house, but our physical form is something much harder to escape.”
Gabino Iglesias answering the question, What does body horror mean to you?
Love bite
